Miriam Sánchez (sprinter)
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| Nationality | Mexican | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Miriam Sánchez Tapia 28 August 2004 Puebla, Mexico | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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Miriam Sánchez Tapia (born 28 August 2004) is a Mexican sprinter. She became national champion over both 100 metres and 200 metres in 2025.[1]
Career
Sanchez is from Puebla, and is a student at the Universidad de las Américas Puebla in the city. In 2024, she ran a time of 11.72 for the 100 metres, which set a Mexican U20 national record.[2]
In July 2025, she set a New Mexican under-23 record for the 200 metres, running 20.05 seconds in Tlaxcala at the Mexican national under-23 championship, where she also broke the national under-23 record in the 100 metres with 11.40 seconds.[3]
In August 2025, Sánchez then became senior Mexican champion in both the 100 metres and 200 metres.[4][5] She won the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas. She also qualified for the final of the 100 metres at the championships, placing seventh overall.[6][7][8]
She was a semi-finalist competing for Mexico in the 200 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Miriam Sánchez". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Miriam Sánchez breaks a record in the 200 meters and is crowned two-time national champion". 4 July 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Miriam Sánchez is the queen of the U23 200m". elineanoticias.com. July 2, 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Mexican Championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "Mexican Championships". World Athletics. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "Taylor breaks national 800m record at NACAC Senior Championships". Radio Jamaica News Online. August 16, 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ "Miriam Sánchez fine-tunes details for the 2025 World Athletics Championships". Grada.mx. 3 Sep 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 17 Sep 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.